Cameras, microphones and smartphones aren’t just used to stay in touch with people. Such gadgets have become essential technology for Muslims keeping track of their Ramadan rituals. For Omar Taha, they are essential for reaching out to his congregation — the Al Emaan Islamic Centre in south London. The 33-year-old physician manages and control...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran is open to public sector investments from regional countries in nuclear energy, a senior official told Anadolu Agency. Pejman Shirmardi, Deputy Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said Tehran welcomes public sector companies from countries in the region to enter the field. “Iran’s cap...
ISTANBUL – Clean energy spending accounts for only 4% or $710 billion of the total $18.2 trillion mobilized to rebuild economies after Covid crisis, according to the latest update of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Sustainable Recovery Tracker. Although green spending globally has shown an increase of 50% over the past five...
Google recently banned more than a dozen Android apps from its Play Store, including Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads. Researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within the apps. That code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia defense contractor. The company had paid developers to incorporate its cod...
ANKARA – South Korea has said that it has successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket a week after North Korea’s inter-continental ballistic missile launch (ICBM). The test was conducted at Taean, 150 kilometers (around 93 miles) southwest of Seoul. “(The test) came at a very grave juncture in which North Korea has rece...
ISTANBUL – China has launched three new satellites into space to undertake scientific space environment surveys and model correction. The indigenously-built Long March-11 carrier rocket was blasted into space with the satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, shortly entering their planned orbit. The three s...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has opened final negotiations to buy 88 F-35 Stealth fighter jets from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth about $15 billion. The jets will replace Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 aircraft. There is still an outside chance that if negotiations with American giant Lockheed Martin bog down, Canada could turn [...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India said Sunday the army successfully test-fired an air defense system off the coast of Odisha’s Balasore. The medium range surface to air missile (MRSAM) was tested around 10.30 a.m. (0500GMT) and it “intercepted a high-speed aerial target at long range,” the Defense Research and Development Organization said on Twitter. Th...
WASHINGTON – North Korea’s launch of an apparent long-range ballistic missile risks “significant escalation of tensions in the region,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The UN chief strongly condemned the launch. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement “another breach of the DPRK’s announ...
PARIS – The French Defense Ministry has announced the successful testing of a modern version of the nuclear-capable ASMPA missile. The medium-range air-to-surface missile, developed by MBDA missile systems, was fired from a Rafale jet from Air Force Base 120 in Cazaux, southwestern France, according to a ministry statement. The first tes...
